ULTIMATE CONTROL FOR A
COMPLETE EXPERIENCE
Without Mackie Control Universal Pro, your music production
software just isn’t complete. MCU Pro rounds out your
software’s functionality to deliver the ultimate in hands-on
command. In fact, your software was designed with MCU Pro in mind.
Developers access the MCU Pro via its unique communication protocol
— pioneered by Mackie — and determine precisely how MCU
Pro works for you. That means MCU Pro integrates with your software
like no other hardware controller. Say goodbye to sub-par
responsiveness to your mix adjustments, trying to remember which
knobs are assigned to which parameter, and the tedious process of
MIDI mapping. With MCU Pro, you get deep, intuitive control of mix
and plug-in parameters, real-time visual feedback and set up is
plug and play — without any MIDI mapping whatsoever!

And MCU Pro goes far beyond simple faders and transport controls
— it gives you the most comprehensive feature set on the
market. With nine Alps touch-sensitive faders, a full-sized backlit
LCD and V-Pots for fast tweaking, MCU Pro is the only desktop
control surface that can truly make your music production
experience complete.

With optional expandability via Mackie Control Extender Pro, MCU
Pro is also the only software control surface that can grow with
your studio.

DISPLAY
FOR DAYS
A control surface isn't much good if you have to keep looking up at
your computer monitor to see the parameters you're tweaking. That's
why we equipped the Mackie Control Universal Pro with a generous
two-line, 55-character backlit LCD to display parameters like track
name, channel metering, I/O assignments, plug-ins, EQ, dynamics or
anything our various software partners want you to see. Without
dividing your attention between control surface and computer
monitor, your mixing speed, efficiency and creative control are all
distraction-free. And since it's always a good idea to know where
you are in your program material, MCU Pro also sports a big,
seven-segment LED timecode display bright enough to jam enemy
radar.

CHANNELS, FADERS AND
BANKS
Every Mackie Control Universal Pro comes equipped with nine 100mm
motorized touch-sensitive faders from Alps — one for each
channel, plus a master fader — for that pro console look and
feel. With support for an unlimited number of banks, MCU Pro can
handle as many channels as your music production software can throw
at it.

Each fader channel also has a genuine Mackie rotary V-Pot,
surrounded by an LED collar to indicate the current value, and
dedicated buttons for record ready, solo, mute, channel select, and
signal present LED. In addition, the master section includes
buttons for navigating channels — individually or in banks of
eight — as well as for software specific controls like
assigning I/O, sends, EQ, dynamics, and plug-ins to name a few.

MASTER OF
YOUR APPLICATION
We know it doesn’t matter to you how many applications the
Mackie Control Universal Pro works with — what matters is
that it works with yours. While MCU Pro is compatible with all
major music production software, it is also designed to
specifically work with your application — just access your
software’s parameters in the master section and you can get
right down to action. We even supply pre-labeled Lexan overlays for
your application so it not only functions like the MCU Pro was
designed for your software alone, it looks that way, too.

MORE OF A GOOD THING:
MACKIE CONTROL EXTENDER PRO
The Mackie Control Extender Pro is an eight-channel control surface
extension for MCU Pro. Slightly narrower than a MCU Pro, the
Extender Pro has all the channel strip features of the MCU Pro
— without the master section. Depending on your music
production software support, multiple Extender units can be used
together with a MCU Pro to emulate a large-scale control surface
with as many faders and pots as desired. Click to Enlarge image

EASY
SETUP
Connect just a single USB cable and you are up and running wtih MCU
Pro. And the built-in MIDI interfaces lets you add up to three MCU
XT Pros without the need for external hardware. Or use the MIDI I/O
to hook up your classic MIDI gear and work on your ELO
covers.

Proprietary Mackie
communication protocol for seamless music production software
integration

100mm touch-sensitive
Alps motorized faders

V-Pot control over
software, plug-in effects and virtual instruments

More than 50 dedicated
push-buttons for fine control of software parameters

Tape-style transport
controls

Full meter display with
track names and parameters

Quick cursor-style
buttons for Up, Down, Left, Right and Zoom

Onboard USB MIDI
interface for direct connection to Mac or PC and up to 3 additional
pieces of external MIDI gear